Karandighi Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Karandighi.
Karandighi
Constituency No. 32 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Karandighi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
LS constituencyRaiganj
Established1951
Total electors262,583
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Karandighi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 32 Karandighi Assembly constituency covers Dalkhola Municipality and Altapur I, Altapur II, Dalkhola II, Domhana, Karandighi I, Karandighi II, Lahutara I, Lahutara II, SIMA Anandapur, Raniganj, Rasakhowa I and Rasakhowa II gram panchayats of Karandighi community development block.[1]

Karandighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year MLA Party
Karandighi constituency
1951 Mohinuddin Mokhtar Indian National Congress
1957 Phanis Chandra Sinha
1962
1967 Haji Sajjad Hussain Praja Socialist Party
1969 Suresh Chandra Sinha All India Forward Bloc
1971 Haji Sajjad Hussain Indian National Congress
1972
1977
1982 Suresh Chandra Singha All India Forward Bloc
1987
1991 Haji Sajjad Hussain Indian National Congress
1996 Suresh Chandra Singha All India Forward Bloc
2001 Gokul Roy
2006
2011
2016 Manodeb Singha Trinamool Congress
2021 Goutam Paul

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Goutam Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Subhas Chandra Sinha of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karandighi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Goutam Paul 116,597 54.70 +25.26
BJP Subhas Chandra Sinha 79,968 37.52 +21.90
AIFB Md. Hafizul Iqbal 9,146 4.29 −23.40
NOTA None of the above 2,449 1.15 −1.21
Independent Benoy Kumar Das 1,269 0.60
BSP Harun Rashid 1,139 0.53 −2.04
Independent Subhas Chandra Sinha 693 0.33
Independent Abdullah 632 0.30
Independent Dinesh Chandra Singha 537 0.25
AMB Biswajit Sinha 271 0.13
BMP Santhapan Hasdak 231 0.11
SUCI(C) Shanti Lal Singha 207 0.10 −0.36
Turnout 213,136 81.17 −0.46
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Manodeb Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Gokul Behari Roy of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Karandighi constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Manodeb Singha 54,599 29.44
AIFB Gokul Behari Roy 51,367 27.69 −10.30
Independent Sk. Samsul 35,547 19.16
BJP Abdul Jalil 28,978 15.62 +12.94
BSP Nirod Bandhu Biswas 4,762 2.57 −0.33
NOTA None of the above 4,376 2.36
SP Abdul Mahid Hossain 2,030 1.09
Independent Sushanta Kumar Das 1,628 0.88
Independent Rehena Khatun 1,357 0.73
SUCI(C) Shanti Lal Singha 846 0.46
Turnout 185,490 81.63 −0.61
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Gokul Behari Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Subhas Goswami of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Karandighi constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Gokul Behari Roy 57,023 37.99 −7.08
INC Subhas Goswami 51,245 34.14 −8.13
Independent Md. Hafizul Iqbal 24,272 16.17
BSP Nirod Bandhu Biswas 4,355 2.90
BJP Arshad Alam 4,020 2.68
Independent Bablu Soren 2,437
SUCI(C) Muktar Ahamed 2,232
JD(U) Hem Ranjan Mandal 1,605
Independent Binoy Kumar Das 1,124
Independent Dinesh Chandra Singha 972
Independent Purna Chandra Singha 815
Turnout 150,100 82.24
AIFB hold Swing 1.05

1977–2006

In the 2006[4] and 2001[5] state assembly elections, Gokul Roy of Forward Bloc won the Karandighi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1996.[6] Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc in 1991.[7] Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1987[8] and 1982.[9] Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Amarendra Nath Singha of Janata Party in 1977.[10][11]

1951–1972

Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Suresh Chandra Sinha of Forward Bloc won in 1969.[14] H.S.Hussain of PSP won in 1967.[15] Phanis Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1962[16] and 1957.[17] In independent India's first election in 1951 the area was part of Bihar and Mohinuddin Mokhtar of Congress won the Karandighi seat.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Karandighi. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  10. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  11. ^ "30 - Karandighi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  13. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  14. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  15. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data – Constituency No. 194. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.